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TIL Millennials are the most Risk-Averse Generation since the great depression.

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69v5w TIL Crablike bodies are so evolutionarily favorable that they’ve evolved at least five different times (carcinization)
XExM6 TIL Luxembourg won the Eurovision Song contest five times with French-language songs. When they tried switching to Luxembourgish songs they hit the last spot and quickly switched back to French.
7eEX TIL a man peed his way out of an avalanche
R59N6 TIL in 1959, thirty TV Westerns aired during prime time in the US; none had been canceled that season, while 14 new ones had appeared. In one week in March 1959, eight of the top ten shows were Westerns. In addition, an estimated $125 million in toys based on TV Westerns were sold that year.
gM0x8 TIL the mafia used to control the artichoke industry in NYC, ultimately leading to Mayor LaGuardia banning the vegetable in 1930